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• Ethical Capability: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to explore the tensions related to ethical concepts and decision making. Students extend their exploration of the two major ways to approach ethical deliberation – thinking about consequences...

  Level description | Capabilities | Ethical Capability

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focus is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to reflect on how cultural practices and beliefs contributes to individual, group and national identities. This includes religious beliefs, traditional celebrations and customs, social relationships...

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability

• Personal and Social Capability: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focuses on emotional self-management and the ability to recognise the characteristics of respectful relationships in a range of contexts. Students learn about personal values and how they may differ. The curriculum provides opportunities for students to demonstrate...

  Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability

• VCMNA164

  Define a simple class of problems and solve them using an effective algorithm that involves a short sequence of steps and decisions

  Elaborations

  • constructing and applying an algorithm for multiplication of two-digit numbers
  • partitioning and ordering a set of Australian coins by denomination

  VCMNA164 | Mathematics | Level 4 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCMNA007

  React to everyday financial situations involving money

  Elaborations

  • being supported to experience the sensory characteristics of coins and notes
  • experiencing money being exchanged, counted and stored in various situations

  VCMNA007 | Mathematics | Level A | Number and Algebra | Money and financial mathematics

• VCMSP147

  Conduct chance experiments, identify and describe possible outcomes and recognise variation in results

  Elaborations

  • conducting repeated trials of chance experiments such as tossing a coin or drawing a ball from a bag and identifying the variations between trials

  VCMSP147 | Mathematics | Level 3 | Statistics and Probability | Chance

• English | English as an Additional Language (EAL): Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the F–10 English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F–10 EAL resources (VCAA)

  The VCAA website...

  Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• VCDEC158

  Convey information and ideas on different topics, issues and events, describing and comparing views, perspectives and experiences, and using modes of presentation to suit different audiences

  Elaborations

  • presenting information and ideas using language appropriate to text type and topics or themes, such as using reflective language in diary and journal entries, persuasive language in advertisements, emotive images and captions to highlight issues such as Kinderrechte, or rap rhythms and punchlines to engage with controversial ideas or provoke reactions
  • contrasting aspects of everyday life past and present, for example, Heute haben wir Twitter und Facebook. Damals gab es nur die Post.
  • organising and presenting information to raise awareness or invite action in relation to social or community issues, using multimodal forms of presentation such as sound and visual images or websites with hyperlinks
  • classifying information obtained from different print and electronic resources in a shared database of categories, themes and genres, showing relationships between ideas, topics and key vocabulary
  • combining modes of presentation such as displays, videos or music to compare social and cultural themes, for example, Australien und Asien/Deutschland und Europa im 21. Jahrhundert

  VCDEC158 | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Informing

• VCDEC138

  Participate in guided tasks such as planning and organising events and completing transactions

  Elaborations

  • organising and conducting collaborative activities, for example, a Deutsch macht fit session for a younger class, or designing badges or bilingual posters on healthy eating or recycling (Trinkt lieber Wasser!; Recycelt eure Dosen!)
  • participating in real or simulated transactions such as buying food, for example, Ich nehme ein Käsebrötchen. Was kostet ein Eis? Das macht 6,50 Euro.
  • participating in sourcing goods and services, such as budgeting for virtual shopping expeditions, consulting online catalogues and websites, comparing prices and value, and discussing intended purchases, for example, Dieses Handy ist zu teuer. Der Hut passt dir gut.
  • exchanging and comparing currencies, for example, converting Euro or Schweizer Franken into Australian dollars

  VCDEC138 | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCJAC164

  Engage in activities that involve collaboration, planning, organising, negotiating and transacting

  Elaborations

  • participating in scenarios related to accepting and declining invitations, planning, making arrangements and negotiating details, using language related to place, time and activity, for example, 月よう日に　日本のレストランに行きましょうか。月よう日は、ちょっと…。火よう日は　どうですか。
  • budgeting for virtual shopping expeditions, consulting online catalogues and websites, comparing prices and value, and discussing intended purchases, for example, ゲームが/を　 かいたいです。二千円(にせんえん)　あります。どれが一ばんやすいですか。
  • participating in authentic or simulated transactions that involve making requests, considering options, buying, selling or ordering, for example, この　T シャツは　L サイズですね。ちょっと　大きいです。M サイズを　ください。
  • creating displays, presentations or performances for family, friends or the school community to showcase their progress in learning and using Japanese
  • giving and following instructions to play games, follow recipes, or carry out traditional Japanese activities such as calligraphy, origami or martial arts, using language forms and vocabulary associated with sequencing, such as さいしょに、つぎに、それから、そして

  VCJAC164 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCEBC005

  Consider the effect that the consumer and financial decisions of individuals may have on themselves, their family, the broader community and the natural, economic and business environment

  Elaborations

  • exploring how a decision to buy an item affects the family, for example, ‘Did the family have to put off buying another item to have this one?’ or 'Does what my family buys in the supermarket affect what businesses might sell or produce?'
  • explaining the benefits to themselves and their family of having savings and/or a strategy for saving
  • investigating whether buying at the local supermarket helps the local community
  • considering if their actions have an effect on the environment, for example, does choosing to use recycling shopping bags have an effect on the natural environment?

  VCEBC005 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 5 and 6 | Consumer and Financial Literacy

• VCDEU030

  Extend grammatical knowledge, including of cases, demonstrative and interrogative adjectives, prepositions, common subordinating conjunctions, and past and future tenses, to describe, situate and link people, objects and events in time and place

  Elaborations

  • specifying a person, object or place using knowledge of the German case system (nominative, accusative and dative), and using definite and indefinite articles, personal pronouns (including man), and possessive, demonstrative and interrogative adjectives such as ihr, sein, unser, dieser, jeder and welcher
  • noticing use of the genitive case mainly in written texts, for example, Deutschlands Schulen, die Rolle der Frau, der Gebrauch des Genitivs
  • understanding the relationship between gender, article and case and the adjectival ending when describing people, objects, places and events, for example, Mein Freund hat lange, schwarze Haare und trägt einen kleinen Ohrring.; Es gibt kein groβes Einkaufszentrum in dieser Stadt.
  • selecting the correct personal pronoun for ‘it’ (er/sie/es; ihn) for objects, for example, Woher hast du den Hut? Er ist sehr schön. Ich habe ihn bei … gekauft.
  • comparing the meanings and use of the German modal verbs with their English equivalents, for example, Wir müssen eine Schuluniform tragen. Man darf hier nicht essen. Du musst das nicht essen.
  • describing current, recurring and future actions using regular, irregular, modal, separable and inseparable verbs, for example, Er sieht viel fern.; Ich muss meine Hausaufgaben machen.; Morgen ist unser letzter Schultag. Wir werden nächstes Jahr in der 11. Klasse sein.
  • describing past events and experiences in the present perfect and/or simple past tense using a limited range of common verbs, for example, Ich bin gestern Skateboard gefahren.; Als Kind trank ich gern Milch.
  • using reflexive verbs in present tense with their appropriate reflexive pronouns to describe daily routines and express emotions and interests, for example, Ich dusche mich morgens.; Interessierst du dich für Geschichte?; Wir freuen uns auf die Ferien.; Erinnerst du dich an … ?
  • noticing that some verbs can be combined with a separable or inseparable prefix which alters the meaning, for example, Er kommt um 17.15 Uhr.; Kommst du mit?; Ich bekomme manchmal Geld zum Geburtstag.
  • understanding and giving instructions, applying the different forms for single/plural addressees and informal/formal register, for example, Mach dein Buch zu, Angela! Freunde, helft mir! Hilf mir! Machen Sie das Fenster bitte zu, Frau Berger!
  • linking and sequencing events and ideas using a range of cohesive devices, including adverbs (dann, früher, danach, vorher) and common subordinating conjunctions (als, dass, obwohl, wenn, weil), usually with the subordinate clause after the main clause
  • expressing opinions using, for example, meiner Meinung nach; Ich glaube, dass ... ; Wir sind dagegen/dafür, denn ...
  • asking and answering questions using a range of interrogatives, including warum to elicit reasons and wozu to clarify purpose
  • understanding and applying the ‘verb as second element’ and ‘subject-time-object-manner-place’ (STOMP) word order rules for main clauses and realising that German word order is flexible, allowing other elements apart from the subject to begin the sentence, for example, Langsam verstehe ich mehr Deutsch.; In der Schule gibt es viele Umweltaktionen.
  • understanding and using dative and accusative prepositions with their core meanings, for example, Ich komme aus Australien.; Das Eis ist für mich.; Der Junge geht zum Bahnhof.
  • understanding the meaning of and using ‘two-way‘ prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen), for example, Wir gehen ins Kino.; Sie wohnen in der Schweiz.
  • making comparisons using a range of structures, for example, Ich esse lieber Salat als Fleisch. Welches Auto ist am sichersten?; Kaffee ist nicht so gesund wie Wasser. using appropriate units of measurement, for example, for height/length, area, time and velocity (Meter, Kilometer; Quadratmeter, Quadratkilometer; Jahrzehnt, Jahrhundert, Jahrtausend; Stundenkilometer)
  • extending metalanguage to communicate in German and English about case, word order, verb tenses and moods (for example, Dativ, Wechselpräpositionen, das Imperfekt, der Imperativ, Hilfsverben, trennbare Verben)

  VCDEU030 | Languages | German | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Systems of language

• Mathematics: Level 1 achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students count to and from 100 and locate these numbers on a number line. They partition numbers using place value and carry out simple additions and subtractions, using counting strategies. Students recognise Australian coins according to their value. They identify representations...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level 1

• Mathematics: Level 2 achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students count to and from, and order numbers up to 1000. They perform simple addition and subtraction calculations, using a range of strategies. They find the total value of simple collections of Australian notes and coins. Students represent multiplication and division by grouping...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level 2

• Mathematics: Level 1 description

  In Level 1, students use mathematical symbols and language as well as materials and drawings in their mathematical explorations of daily life.

  Students recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 100 using materials, diagrams, words, numerals and a number line, and apply this with respect...

  Level description | Mathematics

• Mathematics Version 2.0: Level 1 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 1, students connect number names, numerals and quantities, and order numbers to at least 120. They demonstrate how one- and two-digit numbers can be partitioned in different ways and that two-digit numbers can be partitioned into tens and ones. Students partition collections...

  Level description | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 1

• VC2M4N01

  recognise and extend the application of place value to tenths and hundredths and use the conventions of decimal notation to name and represent decimals

  Elaborations

  • using a bar to represent the whole, dividing it into 10 equal pieces with each piece representing 0.1 or one-tenth of the whole length and understanding that 2 pieces are 0.2 or two-tenths of the whole
  • using materials to show the multiplicative relationship between the whole, tenths and hundredths; for example, using a bundle of 10 straws to represent the whole, one straw as the tenth, and cutting the tenth into 10 parts to show the hundredths; or using deci-pipes to represent tenths
  • recognising that one is the same as ten-tenths and one-tenth is the same as ten-hundredths and using this relationship to rename decimals; for example, renaming 0.25 as two-tenths and five-hundredths or twenty-five-hundredths
  • making models of measurement attributes to show the relationship between the base unit and parts of the unit, for example, 1.5 metres is one metre and five-tenths of the next metre; 1.75 units is one unit and seventy-five-hundredths of the next unit
  • counting large quantities of mixed notes and coins, writing the total using dollars and cents, and recognising the cents as parts of the next dollar
  • comparing the way money and measures are read and said, and explaining how they are the same and different; for example, explaining that $2.75 is said ‘two dollars seventy-five’ and 2.75 metres is said ‘two point seven five metres’, and recognising that the 7 means seven-tenths and the 5 means five-hundredths in both

  VC2M4N01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 4 | Number

• Health and Physical Education: Levels 7 and 8 description

  The Level 7 and 8 curriculum expands students’ knowledge, understanding and skills to help them achieve successful outcomes in classroom, leisure, social, movement and online situations. Students learn how to take positive action to enhance their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing. They...

  Level description | Health and Physical Education

• VCMNA155

  Recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and related division facts

  Elaborations

  • using known multiplication facts to calculate related division facts
  • using strategies to recall the multiplication facts
  • extending multiplication facts (for example 4 by 7 is 28 so 4 by 7 tens is 28 tens)

  VCMNA155 | Mathematics | Level 4 | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCKOC024

  Convey ideas or viewpoints from different perspectives to various audiences in familiar contexts using different modes of presentation

  Elaborations

  • describing aspects of Australian culture for a particular audience, for example, the physical environment, specific celebrations or features of cuisine, including explanations of expressions such as ‘the bush’ or ‘fair go’
  • creating texts such as brochures, cartoons, notices, blogs or video clips to introduce Korean culture or lifestyle to Australian friends, parents or peers on social networking websites or to the general public, for example, 한국은 7월과 8월에 아주 더워요. 그래서 여름에 …
  • presenting information on different elements or perspectives on ideas such as seasons, festival food, costumes, entertainment (games, sports, dances, music …), specific cultural practices associated with festival days, for example,on 설날, 추석, in various modes (for example, concept maps, flow charts and tabulations, graphics or captioned photographs)
  • explaining to others a procedure or practice, for example, a recipe, the rules of a sport or a board game, instructions on caring for a pet/animal, or fashion tips, for example, by giving priority to classified information using 첫 번째, …, 두 번째, …
  • conveying information about different viewpoints on topics of interest such as sustainability, health or environmental issues, for example, 호주의 강과 호수는 깨끗해요

  VCKOC024 | Languages | Korean | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Informing